Why and How did Beta Technology Join the

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Why and How did Beta Technology Join the
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As part of JohnsonDiversey, Beta is now part of
the World Wildlife Funds Climate Savers Program

• Pledge to reduce emissions from our operations
  eight percent below 2003 levels within the next
  five years.
• Result in a reduction of 89,000 tons of carbon
  dioxide emissions by 2013
• One of only 17 other companies including IBM,
  Johnson Johnson, Mike, Sony, and HP

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• Beta commits to protecting the environment by
  adopting this Green Business pledge
• We believe a successful business is dependent on
  a healthy environment. We are actively working
  to show our environmental responsibility to our
  community by committing to the following
  objectives
• To comply with all applicable regulations and
  strive to exceed compliance.
• To conserve energy, water, materials, and other
  resources.
• To develop and implement practices that prevent
  pollution and waste.
• To be an environmentally responsible business
  within our community.

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• MBGB Checklist
• Consists of 4 main categories
• Pollution Prevention
• Energy Conservation
• Solid Waste Reduction
• Water Conservation

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• Pollution Prevention
• Replaced janitorial supplies with
  JohnsonDiverseys Green cleaning products and
  systems
• Changed to a greener coffee service
• Encourage employees to use alternative
  transportation
• Plant trees to offset our annual copy paper use
  and locally
• Comply with all local compliance standards

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• Energy Conservation
• Existing practices
• Track PGE costs
• Programmable thermostats on HVAC
• Regular maintenance of HVAC
• Low energy lighting and bulbs
• Motion sensor light switches

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• Solid Waste Reduction
• Use biodegradable tableware for events
• Eliminated use of bottled water
• Recycle all possible scrap material with City of
  SC and Grey Bears
• Also DVDs, CDs, plastic bags, printer
  cartridges, light bulbs
• Set printer defaults to 2-sided
• Use recycled copy/printer paper (35 post
  consumer)
• Provide recycle containers throughout company
• New marketing materials are printed on recycled
  paper
• Purchasing requests products in recyclable
  packaging
• Transitioning out the Instapack with cardboard
  packaging

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• Water Conservation
• Existing Practices
• Low flow faucets, toilets and shower heads
• Dry floor cleaning as opposed to water
• Check and fix water leaks
• Irrigation is maintained by building manager with
  low water consumption practices

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Many thanks to all of you for your recycling
efforts!!!